Urahara hid a smirk behind his fan as he stroked Yoruichi's silky fur. She purred contentedly in a state of half-awakeness while Ryuken Ishida stared coolly at him.

"So you need my help?" Urahara asked teasingly.

"Yes."

"Advice on how to make a potion that will cause someone to be disinterested in sex?"

"I was thinking we could work on it together. As a doctor, I can't test out on my patients, so I was hoping I could use you as a test subject, considering your... sexual habits..." Ryuken trailed off with a slight blush adorning his face.

"Oh, you're a doctor, you shouldn't be blushing about sex. Everyone knows it's natural," a deep, annoyed voice broke in just as Urahara opened his mouth. Yoruichi stood and stretched her claws with a long yawn, and with a soft poof, turned into a naked woman sitting cross-legged next to Urahara. Ryuken blushed a deeper red and looked away.

"I'm up for it, how about you, Kisuke?" Yoruichi turned to him as he draped a blanket around her shoulders.

"Well, the idea of not having sex for a while is a bit... unpleasant," Urahara answered honsetly.

"You get one hundred thousand yen for every trial," Ryuken said with conviction.

"Each of us?" Urahara was suddenly serious.

"Each of you get one hundred thousand yen for each trial I run on you, and fifty thousand yen for every day helping me with the potion itself."

"Deal," Urahara grinned at his new client.

"Toshiro! You are so stupid!"Karin hissed at him during a stolen moment at lunch. When she was walking to the bathroom, she had seen him motioning for her to come to him, then discreetly slipped into an empty classroom.

"Actually, I was one of the best students in Shinigami Academy. And you shouldn't really be saying that after I did better than you on the pop quiz last period," he pointed out matter-of-factly with an amused smile tugging the corners of his lips upwards.

"Shut up! You know I didn't mean it that way, jeez. Why did you have to give everyone the idea that we're actually in a relationship?" she scowled at him.

"What do you mean? I thought we were in a relationship," Toshiro frowned and raised his eyebrow at her questioningly.

"That doesn't mean I want everyone to know about it, okay?" she finally shouted at him. He blinked in surprise.

"Oh. Well sorry, I didn't know," he muttered dejectedly at the floor. He kept his head low so that Karin wouldn't have to see the hurt in his eyes, but she could still understand his emotions by the way that his shoulders sagged and his arms hung limply at his sides like a weakened warrior.

"Toshiro, look, I'm sorry for yelling," Karin whispered, stepping forwards and cupping his face in the palm of her hands. He finally met her gaze and let out a cool, gentle sigh.

"How come you don't want people to know about us?" he asked her quietly. As he patiently waited for an answer, he pulled Karin's hands off his face and held them, gently rubbing his thumbs against the back of her knuckles.

Karin closed her eyes while a warm soothing feeling started spreading from her fingertips with Toshiro's touch. "Well, for one thing, I haven't even told Yuzu yet. And to be honest, I guess I'm just... scared," she finally answered, glancing at his eyes and then quickly looking back down at their joined hands.

"Because my fangirls would get jealous of you?" he said it lightly, but he was taking her seriously and just trying to lighten her mood.

"No," she smiled gently. "But people will start talking, and stuff like that. I hate it when people talk behind my back. They should just say it to my face. And if anything bad ever happened between us, I don't think I'd be able to handle it."

"Nothing bad will happen between us, Karin. Trust me," Toshiro leaned forward and gave her a sweet kiss on the lips. He sighed in content and let his lips hover over her for a second before straightening up and smiling at her. She couldn't help but smile back.

"So, are you doing anything on Saturday evening?" Toshiro asked casually as the couple walked home from a long day at school. Yuzu and Momo were walking ahead of them, catching up with each other after not having any contact for a while. Toshiro was happily walking alongside Karin after he had convinced her to just let him walk her home. In his right hand he held Karin's soccer bag filled with dirty uniforms and several balls. His left hand was holding onto Karin's hand as he lazily swung their arms back and forth.

"You're starting to talk like a normal teenager, Captain Hitsugaya," she noted with a laugh.

"Just answer the question," he tried to scowl, but a small chuckle bubbled out of his lips.

"I have soccer practice from four to five thirty. Why?" she looked at him as he looked up at a small flock of birds flying overhead.

"I heard there's an amusement park in a city nearby. I was actually just planning on asking you to come to dinner, but I overheard some people talking about the park. I thought you would like that more for our first date," Toshiro smiled sheepishly at her.

"Aw, that's actually really cute, Shiro-chan!" Karin exclaimed, unable to hold back.

"Karin," he whined. His from disappeared when she suddenly stopped, stood on her toes, and pecked him on the cheek.

"I would love to go on a date, Toshiro," she smiled as they neared her house.

"Great, I'll come get you at six," he chirped. Something that the Captain of the tenth division never did. Unless he was too happy to care.

"What? Can you come later? I'll need more time to get ready. I wanna look good for you," she winked.

"Fine, seven o'clock then. No later," he gave her a quick kiss and turned to leave before turning back around just as Karin was stepping through her door. "And by the way, you always look good," Toshiro half-shouted with a cheeky grin. Then he finally turned with a wave and walked away, leaving Karin to blush on her doorstep while Yuzu giggled with excitement behind her.

After a while, Karin finally shook her head and lugged her soccer bag into the house. Later, she would have to ask for Matsumoto or Yoruichi san for help in choosing her outfit. Maybe Yuzu too, even though her twin had much different taste in clothing than she did.

Author's Note:

I know, people probably hate me right now...

;-; Forgive me? cause-

"Baby I'm sorry~"

I've been gone a while... I feel as if this story is probably forgotten by now... forgive me(again)

classroom sex coming in later, I have to build up to the moment first.